Just curious how many rounds your lets say top 3 guns have seen, before you need to do a service beyond a standard cleaning or maybe replace parts? Sorry if this is a noob question, I'm fairly new and don't have anyone I could ask this so I get my advice from this forum

I am at 30-40 thousand rounds on my customized 2005 XD 40 Service bitone. I detail strip the slide and clean all the areas, once in a while. Other times I just field strip, clean, and lube. I use it for competitions and plinking. I also shoot pretty mild loads as I reload all of my ammo. Hotter loads would probably cause more wear. There isn't a lot to go wrong with a well built gun.

How many miles will a car go before needing a major overhaul? Yea, it not only depends on the make and model but also the conditions it was operated in, types of lubes used and even simply the exact vehicle. You can take two consecutive wigits off the assembly line and one might outlast the other by ten times or more.

As for the original question I don't see what else you can do preemptively before your gun breaks? Maybe if the manual suggests you replace certain parts after a certain number of rounds, otherwise just keep shooting and cleaning it.

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I have a Kimber custom TLE II with over 11,000 rounds through it. I replaced the recoil spring about 1000 rounds ago because it was cheap and I felt like it. That gun has never malfunctioned on me.

I also have a Glock 23c that was a retired range rental when I bought it. I've put probably 8,000 rounds through it myself. Who knows how many hundreds of thousands went through it before I got it. The rifling in the barrel is barely visible at this point but it still shoots straight. I haven't replaced anything on this one and it just keeps on running.

The key is maintainance. If you keep them clean and lubed pretty much any gun with outlast you.

One of my Glocks (G22) has about 16k rounds thru it, mix of .40 & .357sig... changed out the original OEM guide rod/spring around 10k rounds (brass ejecting into low orbit) , just general cleaning every 500 rounds or so, detail clean few times a year...

Aside from some holster wear, it could probably pass off as less than 2k rounds to someone who didnt know any better.

I have a Kimber custom TLE II with over 11,000 rounds through it. I replaced the recoil spring about 1000 rounds ago because it was cheap and I felt like it. That gun has never malfunctioned on me.

I also have a Glock 23c that was a retired range rental when I bought it. I've put probably 8,000 rounds through it myself. Who knows how many hundreds of thousands went through it before I got it. The rifling in the barrel is barely visible at this point but it still shoots straight. I haven't replaced anything on this one and it just keeps on running.

The key is maintainance. If you keep them clean and lubed pretty much any gun with outlast you.

Depending on the ammo, you should replace the recoil spring every 3k and even sooner if it's a commander or officer sized 1911. It might not malfunction but you will reduce its service life by waiting 10k. Like you said, they are cheap, so make sure you replace them often along with the firing pin spring.

Depends on gun there is guns that were designed to not take high round counts the Sigma 380 comes to mind. I actually own dozens of guns I've fired 200 or less rounds out of call me a liar if it makes you feel better for some reason.